Kell Posted November 6, 2007 Author Share Posted November 6, 2007 Title: The Identity Factor Author: James Houston Turner ISBN: 9780958666411 Publisher: Aria First Published: 2007 No. of Pages: 370 Rating: REVIEWING FOR AUTHOR Synopsis: Abu Nazer is the world's most elusive terrorist. His identity is unknown, his list of crimes unimaginable. But Abu Nazer knows the CIA is closing in. Which is why he must change identities. He devises a strategy involving an ancient stone tablet discovered in the Sinai Peninsula in 1919. The tablet makes a stunning declaration about Jerusalem that has the CIA running scared. They fear he will use it to ignite Armageddon. And Abu Nazer has been using that fear against him because someone at the Agency has been leaking him information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kell Posted November 6, 2007 Author Share Posted November 6, 2007 Title: Lady Susan Author: Jane Austen Publisher: Librivox First Published: Never published in Austen's lifetime, but written in 1795 Rating: Synopsis: The victim of a vicious scandal, impoverished Lady Susan is obliged to take up residence with her brother-in-law and his family. Refusing to resign herself to the role of placid house-guest, she engineers to baffle her hosts, seducing her sister-in-law Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kell Posted November 7, 2007 Author Share Posted November 7, 2007 Title: The Talented Mr. Ripley Author: Patricia Highsmith ISBN: 014004020X Publisher: Penguin Crime First published: 1956 No.of Pages: 249 Rating: 9/10 Synopsis: Tom Ripley is chosen by the wealthy Herbert Greenleaf to retrieve Greenleaf's son, Dickie, from his overlong sojourn in Italy. Dickie, it seems, is held captive both by the Mediterranean climate and the attractions of his female companion, but Mr. Greenleaf needs him back in New York to help with the family business. With an allowance and a new purpose, Tom leaves behind his dismal city apartment to begin his career as a return escort. But Tom, too, is captivated by Italy. He is also taken with the life and looks of Dickie Greenleaf. He insinuates himself into Dickie's world and soon finds that his passion for a lifestyle of wealth and sophistication transcends all moral compunction. Tom will become Dickie Greenleaf - at all costs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kell Posted November 18, 2007 Author Share Posted November 18, 2007 Title: A Room with a View Author: E. M. Forster Publisher: Librivox First published: 1908 Rating: Synopsis: When Lucy Honeychurch travels to Italy with her cousin, she meets George Emerson, a bohemian and an atheist who falls in love with her. Upon her return to England, she is forced to choose between free-spirited George and her more conventional fianc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kell Posted November 18, 2007 Author Share Posted November 18, 2007 Title: Rebecca Author: Daphne Du Maurier ISBN: 1844080382 Publisher: Virago modern Classics First published: 1938 No.of Pages: 428 Rating: Synopsis: Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again... Working as a lady's companion, the nameless heroine of Rebecca learns her place. Life begins to look very bleak until, on a trip to the South of France, she meets Maxim de Winter, a handsome widower whose sudden proposal of marriage takes her by surprise. She accepts, but whisked from glamorous Monte Carlo to the ominous and brooding Manderley, the new Mrs de Winter finds Max a changed man. And the memory of his dead wife Rebecca is forever kept alive by the forbidding Mrs Danvers... Not since Jane Eyre has a heroine faced such difficulty with the Other Woman. An international bestseller that has never gone out of print, Rebecca is the haunting story of a young girl consumed by love and the struggle to find her identity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kell Posted December 6, 2007 Author Share Posted December 6, 2007 I've been a bit lax, of late, with this thread, although I've been updating the list at the start of it. Anyway, since my last post, I've read: A Room with a View by E.M. Forster (8/10) Love and Freindship (sic) by Jane Austen (5/10) The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins (7/10) Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs (8/10) I've been in a bit of a reading funk lately and have been taking AGES to read anything at all on top of being busy with all the pre-festive-season stuff! Anyway, I'm now moving onto Boy A by Jonathan Trigell (which I got as an Early Review copy from Library Thing), and A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens (as part of my Classics and 1001 challenges - well, it is December, after all!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted December 6, 2007 Share Posted December 6, 2007 What? You've only read 4 books in the last 3 weeks? Slow coach! Just kidding of course. I am, as ever, in awe of your ability to read quickly. I have all 4 of those books on my TBR pile or wish list. I'm especially looking forward to getting into Woman in White next year. I adore A Christmas Carol. It's written so beautifully and I've made myself a nice little tradition of reading it every year. This will be my third time, I think. I believe I have the Muppet version of the book on tape somewhere and I plan on watching it as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kell Posted December 6, 2007 Author Share Posted December 6, 2007 Like I said, I've been in a bit of a funk lately. I can hardly believe it myself that it's taken 3 weeks to read 4 books, especially since three of them were audio books! I'm hoping my reading mojo will come back very soon - it feels wierd not to be reading as much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finrod Posted December 8, 2007 Share Posted December 8, 2007 Title: Wuthering HeightsAuthor: Emily Bront Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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